CEPRA/NBER Workshop on Ageing and Health

Axel H. Börsch-Supan, Fabrizio Mazzonna, and Jonathan S. Skinner, Organizers

June 14-15, 2019

Univesità della Svizzera Italiana, Lugano, Switzerland

Conference Code of Conduct

Friday, June 14
8:35 am
Introduction
8:45 am
Nicole Maestas, Harvard University and NBER
Kathleen J. Mullen, University of Oregon and NBER
Alexander Strand, Social Security Administration

The Effect of Economic Conditions on the Disability Insurance Program: Evidence from the Great Recession
Discussant: Beatrix Eugster, University of St. Gallen
9:35 am
Michael Geruso, University of Texas at Austin and NBER
Timothy Layton, University of Virginia and NBER
Grace McCormack, Harvard University
Mark Shepard, Harvard University and NBER

The Two Margin Problem in Insurance Markets
Discussant: W. Bentley MacLeod, Princeton University and NBER
10:25 am
Coffee break
10:45 am
Carsten Berthram Haahr Andersen, Aarhus University

Intergenerational Health Mobility: Evidence from Danish Registers
Discussant: Maarten Lindeboom, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
11:35 am
Silvia Garcia-Mandico, OECD
Pilar García-Gómez, Erasmus University Rotterdam
Anne Gielen, Erasmus University Rotterdam
Owen O'Donnell, Erasmus University Rotterdam

Earnings Capacity of Disability Insurance Recipients (slides)
Discussant: Courtney Coile, Wellesley College and NBER
12:25 pm
Lunch
1:15 pm
Jessica N. Van Parys, Hunter College and NBER
Itzik Fadlon, University of California, San Diego and NBER

How Do Primary Care Physicians Affect Patient Care? Evidence from Physician Exits
Discussant: Nicolas R. Ziebarth, ZEW Mannheim & U Mannheim
2:05 pm
Thomas P. Hoe, Cornell University

Does Hospital Crowding Matter? Evidence from Trauma and Orthopedics in England
Discussant: Amitabh Chandra, Harvard University and NBER
2:55 pm
Coffee break
3:10 pm
Amitabh Chandra, Harvard University and NBER
Pragya Kakani, Cornell University
Adam Sacarny, Columbia University and NBER

Hospital Allocation and the Evolution of Racial and SES Health Disparities
Discussant: Janet Currie, Princeton University and NBER
4:00 pm
Adjourn for hike and dinner
Saturday, June 15
8:45 am
James Banks, University of Manchester
Elena Bassoli, Paris School of Economics
Irene Mammi, University of Venice

Changing Risk Preferences at Older Ages
Discussant: Fabrizio Mazzonna, Universitá della Svizzera Italiana
9:35 am
Taha Choukhmane, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER

Default Options and Retirement Saving Dynamics
Discussant: Jonathan S. Skinner, Dartmouth College and NBER
10:25 am
Coffee break
10:40 am
Axel H. Börsch-Supan, Max Planck Institute for Social Law and Social Policy and NBER
Christian Hunkler, Max Planck Institute for Social Law and Social Policy
Matthias M. Weiss, MEA, Universität Mannheim

Big Data at Work: Age and Labor Productivity in the Service Sector
Discussant: Kathleen M. McGarry, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER
11:30 am
Janet Currie, Princeton University and NBER
W. Bentley MacLeod, Princeton University and NBER

Understanding Physician Decision Making: The Case of Depression Treatment
Discussant: Hendrik Jürges, University of Wuppertal
12:20 pm
Lunch
1:20 pm
Tatyana Deryugina, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and NBER
David Molitor, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and NBER

Does When You Die Depend on Where You Live? Evidence from Hurricane Katrina
Discussant: Osea Giuntella, University of Pittsburgh and NBER
2:10 pm
Adjourn